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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian երէց (erēcʻ).
Noun
երէց • (erēcʻ)
- presbyter, priest
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pre(y)sgʷu-; cognate with Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and Latin priscus (“ancient”), pristinus (“primitive, pristine”). The original meaning of the Armenian is “elder”. The sense of “presbyter, priest” was formed in the Christian period based on Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros) or Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā, “elder; priest”).
Adjective
երէց • (erēcʻ)
- elder, senior
- երէց գահ ― erēcʻ gah ― the first or highest place
Declension
u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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երէց (erēcʻ)
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| genitive
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| dative
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| accusative
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երէց (erēcʻ)
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| ablative
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երիցուէ (ericʻuē)
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| instrumental
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| locative
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| singulars follow u-type declension, but i-a-type singular instrumental երիցաւ (ericʻaw) and o-type singular genitive-dative երիցոյ (ericʻoy) are also attested
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Noun
երէց • (erēcʻ)
- presbyter, priest
- երիցանց երէց ― ericʻancʻ erēcʻ ― pontiff
Declension
u-type
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singular (uncountable)
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| nominative
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երէց (erēcʻ)
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| genitive
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| dative
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| accusative
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երէց (erēcʻ)
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| ablative
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երիցուէ (ericʻuē)
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| instrumental
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| locative
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երիցու (ericʻu)
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| singulars follow u-type declension, but i-a-type singular instrumental երիցաւ (ericʻaw) and o-type singular genitive-dative երիցոյ (ericʻoy) are also attested
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երէց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երէց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 262
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 14
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երէց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy